It could come one a week and I wouldn't be concerned.
Most mail is junk mail anyway.
If it did come once a week the carrier would need one bag for each house.
So the truth about it is, they can cut down but they can't cut down too much as it would be too much for the mail carriers to deal with.
Jim@ccfiile.com

I'm pretty sure I only get my mail once a week already.

The only time I really care about the mail is around my birthday and Christmas. And, within 6 months of when I give someone a wedding present (because I think that personal, hand-written thank-you notes cannot and should not be replaced.) As long as I continue to get these letters and notes, I don't care if they're a day or two late.

My mailman delivers me my neighbor's mail, quite regularly, and there are some pieces of mail that never even get to me. I think we in Mendon are ahead of the curve and have already been getting used to decreased service.

I have a brother who is a mailman, and I hope this doesn't affect him, but I'm sure it will. But along with everyone else, I've been paying bills online for years now. Everything has moved online so this announcement seems inevitable.

I don't think that a saturday closing is going to affect anybodys mail delivery. The mail service is up in arms. But seriously, t when was the last time that federal agency had any layoffs, shut downs, wage freeze, etc. NEVER! If the mail comes on Monday so be it.

I'm pleased that the postal service is stepping up and trying to reduce their operating costs. I have no problem with one less delivery day per week. We will all adapt to slower mail service. Personally, I think they should charge substantially more for junk mail postage. Why should it cost me 44 cents to send a letter when junk mail is sent for less than 6 cents? I have no desire to subsidize junk mail!

I am concerned when I pick up my mail (at the neighborhood boxes - not near my home) that I am not going to see any pertinent mail because it is stuffed in with so much junk mail. With honesty, I can say that 90 percent of the stuff that is delivered goes right to the trash because it is junk mail. Seems like a waste of paper and effort in these days of cutting back expenses - is there anything that can be done to reduce the amount of junk mail clogging the postal system?

I could live with Monday, Wednesday, Friday deliveries. Rates should be restructured to a tiered or zoned model, and they should close a lot of post offices. Why does Hopedale even have a Post Office? But the real problem is the benefits. Pensions and health care for all workers for life will ensure the Post Office can never dig itself out.

As the daughter of a retired letter carrier, I am sorry to see this happen although it has been decades in the discussion. Sadly, as with so many businesses, by reducing service they will only make their mission even more irrelevant, it's already called "snail mail'' as it is.

I've already been noticing some of my mail arriving later than it should. This could become an increasing problem for those who prefer to pay their bills by mail.

The Postal Service should become an internet service provider. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

You can drastically reduce your junk mail by going to www.catalogchoice.org - it works for charities, coupons, and catalogs. They ask for a donation, but it works great even if you don't donate.
I love to watch real DVD's from NETFLIX, so I will miss Saturday delivery. The picture quality when you stream videos isn't nearly as good. I also send and receive a lot of real mail - I love email but it doesn't have the same impact as a real letter.

The choice was to either have companies pay a reasonable rate, especially for junk bulk mail - or cut service to the American people. Look at your mail today. Look at the postage paid. Understand your service loss is because corporate junk bulk mailers demand this subsidy with your mail as hostage.

If the PO goes bankrupt, what will happen to the 'Forever Stamps' that we have already bought????????

Our Post Office in the "Little Town of Mendon" does a good job and are very friendly and helpful. Glad we are too big to be considered for elimination.

Its because of the conservative drive to de-fund the government. The Postal Service uses 0 tax dollars for operations.
http://crooksandliars.com/kenneth-quinnell/assault-american-unions-extends-p

United States Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is on record as also proposing cuts to postal employees' health and pension benefits. National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando sees clear signs that Donahoe is intent on attacking the collective bargaining rights of postal workers and that he wants to "override lay-off protection provisions in the postal unions’ contracts." In a recent white paper titled "Workforce Optimization," the Postal Service directly asked Congress to void lay-off protection provisions. The USPS developed its proposals without any input from NALC or any other unions.

Rolando lays out the real root of the problem: "The problem lies elsewhere: the 2006 congressional mandate that the USPS pre-fund future retiree health benefits for the next 75 years, and do so within a decade, an obligation no other public agency or private firm faces. The roughly $5.5 billion annual payments since 2007 — $21 billion total — are the difference between a positive and negative ledger."

The cost of a really nice card (like the musical ones) is up to five dollars. It seems to me to pay another seventy five cents to mail it first class is no big deal for a gift or special occasion. Even an extra dollar is not all that much considering. They are about to increase one cent??? Seems like a major under adjustment to me! What is the big deal? First class is exactly that...FIRST CLASS!!!

I can remember as a child, at Christmas time, the postman (oops... mail carrier) would deliver mail twice each day. <<sigh>>